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Youngbuts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
to infinives as adverbs
Hello, everybody.
I have learned to-infinitives can have several meanings, two of which are intention or aim, and result.
1)She studied hard to be a teacher.
When the tense of the main verb whose sentece has ' to infinitive' like the above is the past, it confuse me with whether the 'to-infinitive' is aim or result.
2)She studied hard, so that she became a teacher.
3)She studied hard so that she would become a teacher.
Does #1 has two possibilities such as #2 and #3? Otherwise, does it has one of them? If it is possible for both, does the choosing of them depend on the contexts? I'm sorry for too many questions, but I really want to know about it.
Many thanks in advance.
I have learned to-infinitives can have several meanings, two of which are intention or aim, and result.
1)She studied hard to be a teacher.
When the tense of the main verb whose sentece has ' to infinitive' like the above is the past, it confuse me with whether the 'to-infinitive' is aim or result.
2)She studied hard, so that she became a teacher.
3)She studied hard so that she would become a teacher.
Does #1 has two possibilities such as #2 and #3? Otherwise, does it has one of them? If it is possible for both, does the choosing of them depend on the contexts? I'm sorry for too many questions, but I really want to know about it.
Many thanks in advance.
Top answer
It is still aim. You have to be explicit if you want result. " Sentence 3 is even worse, if you mean the same thing.
- It is still aim.
- You have to be explicit if you want result.
- " Sentence 3 is even worse, if you mean the same thing.
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It is still aim. You have to be explicit if you want result. Sentence 2, if I understand you, is a botched form of, "She studied hard and became a teacher." Sentence 3 is even worse, if you mean the same thing.
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Do you think we have a way to make the sentence to express result using to-infinitive into #1?
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